: I just can't help thinking what a wonderful world it would be if we
had
: somesuch markup methods?
:
: What do you guys think?
:
: Are layout methods something that has been undeservingly left out
(or
: simply forgotten) by the W3C?
Mar,
Some things are coming in CSS3, but it may be a long while before the
browsers have this implemented.
Personally, I think most of your issues are addressable using Scalable
Vector Graphics or SVG (Adobe has recently released a browser
plugin). Expect SVG to take off within a year, when the visual tools
vendors properly support the format. These will include Microsoft,
Adobe, Autodesk, Quark, Macromedia, Corel.
I think many usability houses would/should be interested in evaluating
SVG, which is an XML based graphics language. It is very, powerful,
and really is the best thing since sliced bread.
-Bill